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Conveniently located off North Rum River Road, Storage Rentals of America in Princeton offers easy access and convenient office hours. With flexible, month-to-month leases, you can rent your storage unit for as long as you like. Our storage facility has plenty of self-storage options, from smaller storage units that are 5x5 to larger 10x30 storage units. Need help? Give our knowledgeable customer service team a call. Available 7 days a week by phone, we will walk you through the rental process and help you select the right-sized storage unit for your belongings. Our friendly customer team can even move you into your storage unit over the phone or online so you can get your belongings stored fast. Just another way we make storage rentals easier.
Planning to move soon? Stop by our office; we have plenty of must-haves moving and packing supplies like boxes, tape, bubble wrap, mattress covers, and more. Come and experience the Storage Rentals of America difference!
Disc locks are required for all units and can be purchased at the office.
Moving and storage go hand in hand. Whether traveling across town or the country, moving is an exciting and fresh start. While Storage Rentals of America is here to help you with all your storage needs, we also want to help you get familiar with the area. That's why we put together this resource guide for Princeton.
Princeton is split between two counties in Minnesota, Mille Lacs and Sherburne. The population is 4,819 (2020 U.S. Census).
Historically, the city was platted in 1856. In its early years, it was a lumber town due to the immense pine forests found by going up the Rum River from the city area. Cut tree logs floated downstream to mills to make lumber or were sent to Minneapolis for further processing. Three sawmills were built from 1856 to 1867.
Near Princeton was a mine filled with abundant clay. This material was used to make bricks. From 1889 to the late 1920s, millions of bricks produced in Princeton each year were shipped on the Great Northern Railway. When the popularity of using bricks as a building material faded to be replaced by concrete, the local industry turned to farms, mostly wheat and potatoes. The potatoes were used for starch production and to make distilled liquor products.
This town is best known for producing 20 million bricks in 1902, which took 47 trainloads of 40 train cars each to haul them away for sale across America. Princeton Bricks set the national standard for high-quality building bricks. When bricks are called for in building construction specifications, the requirement is often stated as Princeton quality or better.
Shopping, fishing, canoeing, boating, golfing, and rollerblading are all fun.
The local economy depends on manufacturing, retail, and health care. The unemployment rate is 7.9%, which is high compared to the national average of 6.0%. The median household income is $37,870 annually. The predicted job growth rate over the next ten years is 31.9%, compared to the national average growth rate of 33.5%. The average commute time is 27 minutes.
The most popular industries are health care services (10.5%), education (8.5%), building construction (6.6%), furniture manufacturing (5.6%), metal products (5.4%), grocery stores (5.2%), and machinery (4.2%).
This city has nice neighborhoods with historic homes mixed with others built since the 1970s.
The most expensive homes are found in these three neighborhoods:
The public school district is the Princeton Public Schools District (477). The district spends around $12,727 per student annually. The student-to-teacher ratio is 16 to one.
There is one private school in the area. It is the Discovery Montessori School (PK to 4th grade).
There are no colleges and universities in the city for higher education. There are 40 colleges and universities within 50 miles. The nearest ones are the Anoka Technical College (26 miles from Princeton), and Saint Cloud State University (27 miles from Princeton).
This information will help you turn on your utilities if you move into the area.
The Princeton Public Utilities Commission offers water and electricity. The City of Princeton provides sewer services. CenterPoint Energy provides natural gas. Cable TV is provided by Mediacom. Telephone and Internet connections are provided by CenturyLink Communications and others.
The City of Princeton Parks & Recreation Department manages the public parks, including miles of hiking trails, bike paths, a dog park, a golf disc course, and fishing and canoeing at Riverside Park.
The municipal government consists of an elected mayor and four elected members serving on the city council.
The median home price in this area is $379,900, trending up by 35.7% year-over-year. The moderate home prices, 27% below the national average, help keep the cost of living in this area very reasonable. The cost of living is 4% lower than other communities in the state and 1% lower than the national average. Housing cost is low; however, the price is going up. There was a huge real estate market boom in this area, with major increases in sales prices over the last few years. The property prices may be cooling off a little, but interest rates are rising.